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Sleeping arrangements

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Waterocean67 · 12/11/2024 09:48

hello! Budget is a little tight , so we are having to move into a 1 bedroom for a year and we have two kiddos - 4 and 1 yrs. Please can you suggest how to manage the sleep situation ? Currently baby and i sleep in one room and 4DD sleeps with dad in another room, which has worked well.

After the move , is it a crazy idea to put 1 and 4 year old together in a double bed and me in a single bed next to them? Dad on a sofa bed in the living room ? Living room and kitchen are 2 in 1 and im also mindful that if baby wakes up early, I would have to sneak him out into living room to avoid him waking up 4 year old … so he would then wake up dad … not sure what’s best … Maybe all of us in the bedroom - a xl king bed for me and the kids and dad in the single bed next to us ?!

thank you for any advice :)

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LuLuRN · 12/11/2024 11:16

Kids in bedroom, really decent folding couch bed in sitting room for you & partner.

Stormyweatheroutthere · 12/11/2024 11:17

We had a sofabed for a year or 2 in the dining room.. Wasn't an issue. Dc had the bedrooms.

Waterocean67 · 12/11/2024 18:10

@LuLuRN thank u! We’ve never had experience of a folding coach. Do you think it will be easy to revert into a sofa every morning ? Then pull out again every evening ? Maybe somewhere like ikea has good ones , I will see what I can find!

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Makingchocolatecake · 12/11/2024 21:58

Does it have a dining room?

Bunk beds for kids and you have the bedroom.

Waterocean67 · 13/11/2024 05:47

@Makingchocolatecake hello! No dining room really, it’s an open plan kitchen and living area in one and one bedroom.

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unlikelychump · 13/11/2024 06:09

Yu and dh in a double and the kids in toddler beds / singles. All in the same room.

Leaves the other room free to go to if someone wakes up etc.

Ibouncetothebeat · 13/11/2024 06:11

Do you want to co sleep with children? I'd go everyone in the bedroom a double and 2 toddler beds if you can fit it in. Then leave the main room as a family area. So you have somewhere to go in the mornings and you have some space in the evenings.

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